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Category: Controls

Control systems work

July 12, 2013August 11, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Controls, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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It’s time to begin fabbing up the main flight controls. I began by cutting pushrods to length and match drilling in the pushrod endcaps. I

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Misc priming

July 15, 2013August 11, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Controls, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Got a bunch of misc parts primed, including the fuel pump mounts, fuel selector mount, and the control pushrods.

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Control work

August 6, 2013August 11, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Controls, Fuselage, RV10 Build

With all the control parts primed, I started by riveting the end caps into the long control pushrods. Then I screwed in the rod end

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Finishing up the controls… for now

August 7, 2013August 11, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Controls, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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Today I installed as much of the controls systems as I could at this point. I started by bolting the idler arm in. The instructions

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